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John Connolly |
Living through a drought is not a pleasant experience Mary! I live on the driest continent on earth, so I know first hand about the lack of rain and its effect on the country! When I retired there was a 10 year drought with sever water restrictions, we were not even allowed to wash our car with a hose!
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Jeff Sielski |
Excellent capture Mary!!
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countryimpressions.net - Tammy M. Anderson Contact Tammy M. Anderson Tammy M. Anderson's Gallery |
Beautiful details and capture. So sad about the drought.
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Phillip R. Connolly |
We can relate to your drought conditions, Mary! At the moment our restrictions are not really too much of an inconvenience as we have had a lot of rain recently. Wish we could send some your way. John was almost right with our dry continent, but the driest is in fact Antarctica. Oz is the second driest!! A mute point for you when you are in such need!! Love the green capture!
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Nadia Paul |
What a beautiful close up of this water laden leaf Mary - gorgeous light, colour and detail! So sad about the drought - hope you get some decent rain in the near future.
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Barbara Waldoch |
Wonderful shot, Mary!
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Mary K. Robison |
Thank you for your comments and your sympathy, John, Jeff, Tammy, Phil, Nadia, and Barbara. I guess our drought is preferable to winter blizzards on the East Coast, or thunderstorms and tornadoes in Illinois or Iowa. It's all relative, isn't it?
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- Reynaldo D. Reyes Contact Reynaldo D. Reyes Reynaldo D. Reyes's Gallery |
This plant appears to be savoring each drop of the life-giving moisture, doing its part in conserving this precious commodity. Everyone should likewise do their part as we would all suffer if the drought continues in California. It would help perhaps to let the lawns go brown! I say "Green is Beautiful but Brown is Cute." ---Rey
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Mary K. Robison |
We can do you one better, Rey. As you said, green is beautiful, so why not put green (and purple, and pink, etc.) succulents where lawn used to be? We're all for eliminating the Tyranny of the Lawn - no more mowing, no more long watering sessions!! For once, Government 's getting it right! ;)
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- Patrick Rouzes Contact Patrick Rouzes Patrick Rouzes's Gallery |
Love the greens, close up & the beautiful droplets, Mary. Been following the news about the drought- sad and kind of scary.
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- Laura E. Swan Contact Laura E. Swan Laura E. Swan's Gallery |
It's such a serious topic. This image could be on the front page of the Los Angeles Times! (And should be). It's unreal the rivers and lakes and reservoirs and all it of. Almost dried up. Even our glaciers way up here in the land of abundance are receding and they say in 100 years they might be GONE! What is going on?! Is this the nature evolution of things or are we looking at this continent and hemisphere becoming a desert? (The DINOSAURS would NOT approve!) It's a strong image representing life, Mare. Thanks for posting this and the reminder we all need. CONSERVE! It takes villages to save nations. -Pommy :)
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- Evy Johansen Contact Evy Johansen Evy Johansen's Gallery |
Wonderful capture, Mary!
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Mary K. Robison |
I appreciate your friendly and thoughtful comments, Patrick, Pom, and Evy. Thank you!
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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer |
Here it's the other way around. It rains a lot, Summer and Winter. But in the latest years is HAS become warmer and dryer in the Summer time in Denmark too. Some people have actually started to grow grapes for wine. That's something new. But I'm glad you cought these beautiful leaves, Mary. And the drops are fantastic!! So is your perspective. It's like walking into a rain forest and get my face all wet :) Quite a sensational feeling to get from an image.
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Mary K. Robison |
Kiki, I'm sorry to hear that Denmark has been affected by the climate change, too. Scientists can argue till the cows come home, but they can't change facts, i.e., the snowpack level in California is at its lowest ever, since record-keeping began in 1950. And that means VERY little water is, or will be, in our state reservoirs.this summer... An update on mandatory water conservation since I posted this: Each city and water district is expected to enforce a percentage of water cutback in the next few weeks. People who are recorded wasting water will face fines and/or jail time. I believe that pretty much sums it up. Big Brother is watching you, me, and everyone else. :-( To end on a positive note: Thanks so much for all your kind words about the photo, My fingers are still crossed that your Finalist fox's eyes hypnotize the judges into giving him gold.
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- Teresa Burnett Contact Teresa Burnett Teresa Burnett's Gallery |
Gorgeous color and detail here, Mary!! Glad to hear you did get a bit of rain, even though not nearly enough! I've heard they are going to start getting really serious about folks who are wasting water! Sounds like they should have done that a long time ago!!
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Mary K. Robison |
Hi, Teresa ~ thanks for your kind comments. As for the drought, yes, people should have had the sense to cut down water usage on their own a very long time ago, but...that's human nature, I suppose. :-(
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